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Operations and Supply Chain Terms


Operations concepts, definitions and terms are covered in this Operations & SCM Dictionary. Operations & supplychain terms glossary covers concepts, definitions & tutorials related to SCM, inventory, logistics, warehousing, procurement, distribution and more.

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11 Activity Analysis 11559
12 Activity- Based Planning (ABP) 14732
13 Actual Demand 11259
14 Aggregate Planning 12291
15 Air Cargo 10166
16 Air Waybill (AWB) 6701
17 Alternate Optimal Solution 34946
18 Arrival Rate Distribution 15376
19 Assemble To Order (ATO) 19366
20 Assembly Line 22632
21 Available to Promise (ATP) 23054
22 Average Speed of Answer 26616
23 AVL (Approved Vendor List) 23252
24 Batch Production 38552
25 Bill Discounting 14616
26 Bill of Materials (BOM) 11314
27 Blanket Purchase Order 7206
28 Blanket Release 10086
29 Bonded Warehouse 10117
30 Booking Number 13893
31 Bottleneck 9600
32 Buffer Stock 59478
33 Build to Stock 13073
34 Bullwhip Effect 9743
35 Business Logistics 25863
36 Business Performance Measurement (BPM) 12628
37 Capacity Management 40805
38 Capacity Utilization 14181
39 Capital Intensive 8496
40 Cash With Order (CWO) 8829
41 Cash-to-Cash Cycle Time 12206
42 Certified Supplier 9011
43 Channel Effectiveness 8982
44 Co-Destiny 9359
45 Co-managed Inventory 12629
46 Co-Packers 11834
47 Compulsory Competitive Tendering (CCT) 6939
48 Computer-Based Training 7743
49 Consular Invoice 19906
50 Container Depot 10660
51 Container Freight Station 10319
52 Continuous Replenishment 19631
53 Continuous Replenishment Program 12140
54 Contract Carrier 7352
55 Contract of Affreightment 11469
56 Control Charts 8012
57 Cost Flow 10341
58 Courier Service 15314
59 CPFR 8275
60 Cumulative Lead Time 11865
61 Customer Supplier Relationship 44308
62 Date Code 18341
63 Days of Supply 19923
64 Dead on Arrival 9407
65 Dedicated Contract Carriage 7358
66 Design for Manufacture & Assembly (DFMA) 8176
67 Detective Control 8969
68 Devanning 14274
69 Direct Store Delivery (DSD) 11028
70 Dispatching 24644
71 Distributed Inventory 8412
72 Distribution Channel Management 34934
73 Distribution Metrics 9211
74 Distribution Planning 24277
75 Distribution Resource Planning (DRP-II) 15308
76 Double Marginalization 52867
77 DRP (Distribution Requirements Planning) 22467
78 Dual 5481
79 Early Supplier Involvement (ESI) 20688
80 Echelon Inventory 26286
81 Economic Order Quantity (EOQ) 38337
82 Economic Production Quantity (EPQ) 49927
83 EDI (Electronic Data Interchange) 7671
84 Efficient Frontier 25589
85 Engineer-to-Order 31856
86 Equipment Cost or Setup Cost 16640
87 Erlang B Formula 9404
88 ETD 8382
89 Ex Works 7879
90 Exception Rate 13573
91 Exponential smoothing 9875
92 External Growth 10150
93 Failure Mode and Effect Analysis FMEA 9575
94 Field Services 7784
95 Field Warehouse 10696
96 FIFO (First in First Out) 8862
97 Fishbone Diagram 14678
98 Fixed Order Quantity (FOQ) 27173
99 Flow Through Distribution 12383
100 FOB (Free On Board) 8244
101 FOB Destination 13124
102 Forward buying 30297
103 Freight Charge 10465
104 Freight Consolidation 7583
105 Gantt Chart 8334
106 General Merchandise Warehouse 11803
107 Harris- Wilson EOQ/ EBQ Model 29674
108 House Airway Bill (HAWB) 12754
109 Hub 23528
110 Idle Time 8124
 
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